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snailfest ?????? :lol:

new one on me??

now to see if your customers invite you back after the next few days :lol:

the old classics always work the best

If you believe they work, then they may actually work. It's called the placebo effect.

 

But NO scientific evidence has ever been produced to document any effect from copper and/or magnets on your wrist. A properly conducted scientific study would be "double blind", i.e. users are chosen by random to wear either a copper/magnet bracelet or a stainless-steel (placebo) one, and neither the user, nor the person conducting the study knows if he is wearing the "real" one or the placebo one. After a period, the effects are measured, and "real" and placebo are compared.

 

One such study is published here: Science-Based Medicine Copper and Magnetic Bracelets for Arthritis

 

So, a piece of rubber tube or prussic rope wrapped around your wrist would likely have the same effect, if you believed in its effect!

Agree with Morten's comment regarding the placebo effect - put in other words, the human mind is a powerful tool - if only we knew how to use it.

Personally wouldn't go on too much about the whole scientific argument. Science is just the accumulation of the latest human knowledge and there is still much to learn on any particular topic you would care to mention. And that is without considering how many blind alleys human knowledge has run up as a lot is based on assumption and hypothesis.

Quoting scientific evidence as the ultimate authority just highlights our human arrogance.

That said, it is a good place to start, we just need to be open to results other than those predicted by science.

definately darwin award season :confused1:

The force is strong with you Kim

(OK - someone had to say it )

Seriously, good effort there:thumbup1:

]Hamadryad washing my smalls![/b]:D:D love it!!! Thanks for the offer dude...i'm financialy on the up...but we have to meet soon for an Ale in the Botanist on Kew Green...soon...next weekend?...i could do with your advice on a couple of work related matters as well ad a jolly good chinwag:thumbup:

no fungi too far:lol::lol:

steady on there Stereo - any more of that and I'll be pushing for you as the new prime minister far too sensible in this day and age.

Well now, best get one lit if Jons offering cider - hopes its the good stuff Jon:confused1: :lol:

edit - Jon, you do realise that once the word is out you will have to drive up in a truck -the smart wont carry enough

sadly, having to light once or twice a month to help the solar with hot water:thumbdown:

mmmm.........................

Dont know Tony, but as the grandson of a carpenter and the son of a life long forester/saw miller/woodworker I ran away to sea, but have found myself drawn back to the trees and timber and the people in an inevitable sort of way.

Couldn't be happier with it either

Floyd putting the spring in Springer whilst trying to get a toy i hung on the washing line so dad could get some shots of him and the pup.

Matt, was going to say good pics, but then spotted the barbie in the corner and though - photoshop, must be. Barbecueing this year, cant be :lol:

got our local Makita power tool dealer to order a part I couldnt find online - gave him the part number, quick phone call to get it added to the weekly delivery.

Wasnt a problem that he didnt actually deal in chainsaws.

Struggling; my aerobic exercise has increased from zero to 8 hours a week and my calorie intake dropped by a 1/3 but I've put 1/2 a stone on...

TCD - if it is your first week, keep at it - perhaps just the body going into survival mode and laying down supplies in the face of a sudden drop in intake.

Would have thought that once you have established a good regimen that you will shed it - and more.

Just wondered how other firewood suppliers were finding this year.

 

It's started with a bang for me compared with last year, but I'm only small scale compared with others. I've had an influx of log orders over the last 3 weeks and yet on Sunday I thought I was going to pass out on account of it being 27 degrees C / 40ft up a tree ringing wet with sweat.....nothing new there though.

 

Still not got a processor yet but the wife splits 4 loads a day which is easily enough and it keeps her in shape instead of shelling out on stupid gym fees.

Pardon me - sounds like you,ve got a pretty good processor there - cant even get my missus to do the kindling :lol::lol:

Second renewablejohn's suggestion of a Browns.

Managed to get on off fleabay recently - older model, but the only difference with the newer model is the wrap around cover for the blade, but if you want that it would be easy enough to knock it together yourself.

All that said, not had a chance to flash it up yet and definitely need a new blade as the one it came with had been 'touched up' with an angle grinder apparently

I won't be camping but I will be boozin! Cider preferably!

ditto:thumbup:

Must check what I paid for mine, but thought it worked out just over double the price of petrol for a direct delivery of 75 ltrs from Anglo American (and saved on having to buy 2stroke)

I was under the impression it is available in 200 ltr drums??

Lower cost of petrol is mainly down to economies of scale and a long established, efficient delivery system.

I believe that in parts of Scandinavia you can get aspen out of a pump.

As an intermittent user, aspen has definitely solved many niggles with my machines.

For the doubters - why has Stihl bothered to come up with its own version of Alkalate fuel? (someone did mention the name on another thread, but forgot it already:blushing:)

Go on Husky users - thats a good bone to chew on :lol::lol:

When I asked about mixing aspen with petrol, they said they would not recommend this. They also recommended not switching back and forth between petrol and aspen. When converting a machine to aspen they also recommended running the petrol dry and draining the tank as best you could.

On another note - I asked a stihl rep at an arb show a year or 2 ago about using aspen in their machines and he commented that Stihl were coming out with their own alkylate fuel. He inferred it might even be available in Europe already, but I have not bothered to check.

Thanks to Garden kit and others for the useful technical info.

Silly question, but I assume that these regs apply to everyone - commercial as well as private/recreational??

Dont start on caravaners

Willians ??? Remember them well from rock climbing in the 80's, sadly for all the wrong reasons

Mind you, had a couple of children since so couldn't have been as bad as I remember :lol:

Very true. I did put on quite a bit of weight couple of years ago, and I know it was all down to eating more than I needed - breakfast fine, but then lunch eaten by 11am, so I'd then buy more to eat later in the day, and then sometimes stop for a burger on the way home, then have an evening meal, then eat crisps while watching tele with couple of glasses of wine. I did all the gym crap for a while before that, but it just made me feel hungry and I'd ended up eating more again just to stop myself passing out! I started hovering around 13.5 stone (86kg).

 

But over past year, I started to cut out the extra crap. One bottle of wine a week, cuts the crisps right down, eat fruit and brazil nuts when I feel the need to top up. Still eat sandwiches at lunch time, but don't stop on way back for more food, and have halved evening meal sizes. I just don't seem to be able to eat anywhere near as much these days, yet I seem to be working much faster so the only outcome is for weight to come down, and it is.

Suspect that a lot of what we end up snacking on has got very little in the way of nutrition in it, so the body is still calling out for something, but as soon as you give it the right nutrients, you lose the urge to keep eating.

Also, think it has already been mentioned on here somewhere that we quite often get confused between hunger and thirst.

Ditto and ta for the useful links Alec:thumbup1:

Teram 1000 seems to be a popular choice. Cant suggest supplier as dont know which part of Cymru you're in. Also depend what quantity you want as some places will sell you whole rolls - from memory 2,25m or 4,5m wide by 100m or you can buy just what you want - although this will obviously push the price per m2 up a bit.

1,97m x 92kg here

Did put on a bit of weight over a few years, but have managed to lose it and am back down to my normal weight by eating sensibly and cutting out the crap and watching portion size - just take that 1 spoon less of a few things. Normal active lifestyle takes care of the rest.

What about cycling - got to be significantly lower impact than running?